3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD's temple, saying,

4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest so that he may total up the money brought into the LORD's temple-- [the money] the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

5 It is to be put into the hands of those doing the work-- those who oversee the LORD's temple. They [in turn] are to give it to the workmen in the LORD's temple to repair the damage.